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Fates of Ort

Fates of Ort

Fates of Ort is a retro fantasy RPG focused on strategic action, in a land where time is frozen when you stand still. Cast powerful spells - but beware, they will cost you your life.

Released Mar 31, 2020 Developer 8BitSkull Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux RPGOpen WorldChoices MatterTacticalMagic
View on Steam ↗ $14.99 (US · as of 2026-05-14)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.

88.6%positive167 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Fates of Ort, developed and published by 8BitSkull, is a game that initially looks like a familiar retro-inspired action RPG but quickly reveals a much more deliberate and carefully constructed design beneath the surface. It draws from classic top-down adventure games in its…”

— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Very deep gameplay, very intricate story. Loved it. Severe technical problems on macos but not unmanageable.”

— a player, Steam review · 33 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.

9achievements
4.2%median completion
0.6%rarest: Hero of Ort
9.2% of players 5.4% of players 4.4% of players 4.2% of players 4.2% of players 3.3% of players 0.9% of players 0.7% of players 0.6% of players 9.2% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
9.2%Tarkumendo — Disabled the Prismatic Aether Conduit atop Tarkumendo
5.4%Master Slovo — Rescued Master Slovo from the courthouse
4.4%Arrogast — Removed Consumption from Arrogast's soul
Rarest badges of honor
0.6%Hero of Ort — Completed the game in Hero Mode
0.7%Mutant — Roamed Ort as a corrupted monster
0.9%Ruler — Ruled Ort as an evil mage

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Oct 22, 2024
Announcing Skull Horde - our new upcoming game!

Skull Horde is an auto battler dungeon crawler where you play as a flying skull necromancer. Find powerful loot and create overpowered builds. Summon a horde of skeletons in a battle of bone versus fl

Oct 27, 2023
Steam Cloud updated

Before launching the game, please consider backing up your save files. They are located here: Win: %appdata%\Roaming\fates_of_ort\ Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/fates_of_ort/ Linux: ~/.config/fat

Oct 24, 2023
Upcoming cloud save change

In the coming days, we will be making an update that should enable cloud save syncing between PC and Steam Deck. We are making this announcement ahead of time, so that you are aware when the change be

Sep 09, 2022
Steam Deck

We are pleased to announce that Fates of Ort now supports the Steam Deck. If there are any issues - please let us know.

Jun 11, 2022
Release version 1.4.1

Changes Performance upgrade. Implemented engine side frustum culling. This should provide a significant framerate improvement, particularly on larger/denser maps.

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.

GenresAdventure, Indie, RPG
Player tagsRPG · Open World · Choices Matter · Tactical · Magic · Replay Value · Exploration · Multiple Endings · Fantasy · Strategy RPG · CRPG · Story Rich (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish
ControllerFull support
Achievements9
Official sitehttps://www.fatesofort.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: 2.3GHz processor Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: OpenGL ES 2.0 + 1024MB VRAM Storage: 400 MB available space